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Here in the England and Wales, (Scotland differs very slightly)
Reception = Pre year 1
Year 1 = 6 years (you must have reached the age of 5 at Sept 1st to
enter this year. Strt of Primary Schooling)
Year 2 = 7 years
Year 3 = 8 years
Year 4 = 9 years
Year 5 = 10 years
Year 6 = 11 years
Year 7 = 12 years (normal start of secondary schooling)
Year 8 = 13 years
Year 9 = 14 years
Year 10 = 15 years (GCSE courses start)
Year 11 = 16 years (year of taking GCSE exams; can leave school at end
of this year once aged 16)
Year 12 = 17 years (A level courses start)
Year 13 = 18 years (year of taking A levels)
So our "Years" are pretty similar to your Grades.
-- James Nairne[james.n-way.co.uk] [http://schools.sys.uea.ac.uk/deepspace/jn/] [http://schools.sys.uea.ac.uk/schoolnet/bradfield/bradfld.htm]